LaLa land, hollywood california well, here i am, amigos, straddling the fence between a hip replacement and a trip to india. 2 extreme choices. one, age and pain driven – too many forced turn-outs, balletic plies, and i-was-too-old-to start-dancing-at-21 grinded…

or, as gandhi would say………. july, 11, 2006 (the new “7/11”) 6 pm mumbai, ind-ja well, while you were sleeping…………. 6 or 7 bombs just went off in the train stations today along the “western line” in mumbai (bombay)! check…

baga beach, goa, ind-ja, namaste, amigos, i’ve now heard that i wasn’t the only “gora” (gringo) to consider getting right back on the plane after landing in bombay. you’ve seen the pictures: whole families living right on the pavement or…

fort cochin, india chai! chai! chai-ya! chai! chai! chai-ya! payam! payam! paiy—-am! chai! chai! chai-ya! chai! chai! chai-ya! biryiani! biryiani! biryiiii-ani! chai! chai! chai-ya! tati vellum! tati vellum! vellum! vellum! vellum! chai! chai! chai-ya! always chai! chai! chai-ya! the cacophony…

still mumbai hola, compadres, it seems i’m a very popular guy in mumbai. i just did an interview with the AP (associated press). they grabbed me, literally stepping off a boat at the “gate of india” (bombay’s british sort of…

ft. cochin, india they say india is where the heart opens. love is all you need, right? in the face of such overwhelming population, poverty, heat, starvation, and fatalism, india has…. love. acceptance. of life. of struggle. of pain. of…

kumily, india namaste, ninjas, a monsoon flashback: i remember when i first moved to LA. i had this instant and artificial network of friends from signing up for this psycho-acting workshop. we’d wake up at 6 am every morning to…